Anticoagulation is a critical component in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Large randomised controlled trials have demonstrated that direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are effective and safe ...
The global pandemics of plague and smallpox in the Middle Ages claimed hundreds of millions of lives. In this era, long before the concepts of pathogens and infectious diseases were established, ...
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia and is a leading cause of stroke and heart failure yet often remains undiagnosed. Screening has been proposed to identify asymptomatic AF and ...
Obesity is an independent driver of cardiovascular disease (CVD), mediated through adverse haemodynamic loading, insulin resistance, systemic inflammation, endothelial dysfunction and prothrombotic ...
Sick sinus syndrome (SSS) is a relatively benign cardiac conduction system disorder that can reduce patients’ quality of life by limiting exercise capacity or causing dizziness, fatigue, palpitations ...
3 School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Objective To examine the association of body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist hip ratio ...
International Centre for Circulatory Health, 10th Floor QEQM Wing, St Mary’s Hospital, and Imperial College Paddington and Clinical Pharmacology, NHLI, Imperial College of Science, Technology & ...
10 The George Institute for Global Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK Background Cardiovascular risk is underassessed in women. Many women undergo screening ...
Background Rapid triage of patients presenting with chest pain is essential for early diagnosis and safe disposition. The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 0/1-hour hs-cTn algorithm has shown ...
In 2017, the British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation published its official document detailing standards and core components for cardiovascular prevention and ...
1 King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, The Rayne Institute, St. Thomas’ Hospital Campus, London, UK 2 National Institute for Health Research Biomedical ...
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most frequently cited cause of exercise-related sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young individuals and has claimed the lives of some high-profile athletes. The ...
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